Exodus — Chapter 28

the Ephod of gold, hyacinth, and purple , and {carler twice died , and twifted filke. 16, It shal be foure {quare and double: it shal haue the nseafure of a palme as wel in length as inbredth. 1 7.And thou shait fer in itfoure rewes of {tones : Inthe firft rew shal be the flone {ardius, and topazius,and the emeraud:18, in the fecond the carbuncle,the fapphire, & theiafper:rg, in the third a ligurius,an achates,an amethyft:20.in the fourth a chryfolith, an onyx, and beryllus. they shal be fet in gold by their rewes, 21. And they shal haue the names of the children of Ifrael: with twelue names shal they be grauen, euerie {tone with the names of euerie one according to the twelue tribes. 22. Thou shalt make in the Rationale cheynes linked one to an other of the pureft gold : 23, and tworings of gold , which thou shalt put inboth the tops of the Ratio- nale:2 4.and the goldencheynes thou walt ieyne to the rings , that are in the edges therof : 25.and the.ends of the chaynes themfclues thou fhalt couple with twe hooks on both fides of the Ephod , whichis toward the Rationale. 26, Thou {halt make alfo two rings of gold which thou fhalt put in the tops of the Rationale, in the brimmes, that are ouer againft the Ephod,& looke toward the backe parts thcrof.2.Moreouer alfo other two rings of gold, which areto be fet on both fides of the Ephod beneath,thar looketh toward the nether ioyning,that the Ratio- nale may be fitted with the Ephod, 28. and may be faitned by the rings therof vntothe rings of the Ephod witha lace of hyacinth, that the ioy- ning artificially wrought may continue, & the Rationale & Ephed may not be feparated one tré the other.29. And Aaron shal beare the names of the children of Ifrael inthe Rationale of iudgement vpon his breft, when he fhal enter into the Sanétuarie, a memorial before the Lord for euer.70.And thou shalt put inthe Rationale of ludgement() DoGrine, and Veritie, which shal be on Aarons breft,when he shal goe in before the Lord: and he shal beare the iudgement of the children of I{raelon his breft, inthe fight of the Lord alwayes. 31. And thou shalt makethe tunicke of the Ephod al of hyacinth, 32. in the middes wherof aboue shal be a hole for the head, and a border round about it weuen , asis wontto be made in the vtmoft parts of garments , thatit may not eafily be broken.33,And beneath at the feete of the famerunicke,round about, thou shalt make as it were pomegranates, of hyacinth, and purple , and {carlet twice died, litle belles interpofed between , 34. fo that there be a bel of gold and a pomegranate; and againe an other bel of gold & a pomegranate, 35. And Aaron shal be vefted with itin the office of his miniiieric thatthe found may be heard, wh€ he gocth in & cOmetaout ofthe Sactuarie,in the fight of the Lord, & that he die not.36. Thou shait make alfo a plate of the pureft gold : wherin thou shalt graue after the worke (¢)Knowledge of the caufe, and fincere proceeding {therin, are the two kceyes of right indge- ment, d te) Special reparation eps and riefts be con- fecrated, (6) The Girt preparation ‘in, the partic to Jbe confecrated is cleanfing from finne: 314: EXO DVS. Ceremonies, -worke of a grauer, Holieto the Lord. 37. And thou fhale tie ic with a 1 lace of hyacinth,, and it thal be vpon the mitre , 38. hanging ouer the ‘forehead af-the High-Prieft. And Aaron thal carie the iniquities of ‘thofe things , which theehildrcn of Ifrael haue offered and fanctified, in al their guifts and donaries,And the plate (hal be alwayes in his for- ‘head , that the Lord may be wel pleafed with them. 39, And thou halt gird the cunike with filke , and thou fhalt make a filken mitre, ‘and a bawdrike of embrodered worke, 40, Moreouer for the fonnes of Aaron thou fhalt prepare linnen tunikes, and bawdrikes, and mitres for glorie and beautie : 41. And. with al thefe things thou fhalt veft Aaron thy brother , and his fonnes with him, And thou fhalt confe- ‘crate the hands pf them al , and {halt fanctifie them , that they may ‘doe the funtion of priefthood vnto me. 42. Thou thalt make alfo lin- nen breeches, to-couer the flefh of their tarpitude fro the reynes' vnto the thighs ; 43, and Aaron and his fonnes fhal vfe them when they ihal enter into the tarbernacle of teftimonie , or when they approach to the Altar to minifter.in the SamCtuarie , left: guiltie of iniquitie they die. ‘It ihal be a law for euer to Aaron and to his feed atter hin. { CHAP. XXIX. The wanner of confecrating Aaron and other Priefis : with burnt offerings,